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ADULT ILLITERACY



 It’s Everyone’s Problem
Our Mission Statement



      Strengthening Families by
  providing adults with the literacy
   skills they need to enjoy a more
  productive and self sufficient life.
Education Begins At Home
Some Statistics in the U.S. on ADULT          How ADULT ILLITERACY impacts the U.S.
ILLITERACY
                                              •   Adults who have lower literacy skills
•   In the U.S. there are 63 million adults       are more likely to be on public
    that can’t read well enough to                assistance.
    understand a newspaper article            •   Low literacy are highly correlated
    written at an eighth grade level.             with high crime rates.
•   An additional 30 million can only read    •   Limited literacy skills cost taxpayers
    at a fifth grade level or lower.              and businesses about 20 billion
•   The United States ranks fifth on adult        dollars each year in lost
    literacy skills when compared to              wages, profitability and profits.
    other industrialized nations.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
•   Read to your children daily
•   Become a tutor
•   Ask your representatives to support adult education
•   Volunteer locally
•   Make a donation to an adult literacy program
Reading Works
• Imagine what it is like       • 35 to 40 hours of one
  not being able to read.         on one instruction can
• Can you read this?              raise an individual’s
  (.daer ot elba ton yad          reading ability one
  eno tsuj evil ot ekil so ti     level.
  tahw enigaml)
                                • Volunteer to be a tutor
• What if you struggled
  the same way with               and impact a
  everything you                  generation.
  read, everyday, everywh       • readingworks@yahoo.com
  ere?                          • www.reading-works.org
Reach Out and
     Read
Become a
 Volunteer
 Reader
Organize a Book
 Drive
Create a
 Literacy Rich
 Waiting Room
Contribute to a
 Reading
 Organization
Bibliography
 Begintoread.com
 Appleliteracy.org
 Readwritenm.org
 Readingworks.org

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Adult illiteracy powerpoint

  • 1. ADULT ILLITERACY It’s Everyone’s Problem
  • 2. Our Mission Statement Strengthening Families by providing adults with the literacy skills they need to enjoy a more productive and self sufficient life.
  • 3. Education Begins At Home Some Statistics in the U.S. on ADULT How ADULT ILLITERACY impacts the U.S. ILLITERACY • Adults who have lower literacy skills • In the U.S. there are 63 million adults are more likely to be on public that can’t read well enough to assistance. understand a newspaper article • Low literacy are highly correlated written at an eighth grade level. with high crime rates. • An additional 30 million can only read • Limited literacy skills cost taxpayers at a fifth grade level or lower. and businesses about 20 billion • The United States ranks fifth on adult dollars each year in lost literacy skills when compared to wages, profitability and profits. other industrialized nations.
  • 4. HOW CAN WE HELP? • Read to your children daily • Become a tutor • Ask your representatives to support adult education • Volunteer locally • Make a donation to an adult literacy program
  • 5. Reading Works • Imagine what it is like • 35 to 40 hours of one not being able to read. on one instruction can • Can you read this? raise an individual’s (.daer ot elba ton yad reading ability one eno tsuj evil ot ekil so ti level. tahw enigaml) • Volunteer to be a tutor • What if you struggled the same way with and impact a everything you generation. read, everyday, everywh • readingworks@yahoo.com ere? • www.reading-works.org
  • 6. Reach Out and Read Become a Volunteer Reader Organize a Book Drive Create a Literacy Rich Waiting Room Contribute to a Reading Organization
  • 7. Bibliography  Begintoread.com  Appleliteracy.org  Readwritenm.org  Readingworks.org